The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
Hover any Greek or Syriac word for phonetic transliteration.
Six manuscript witness columns span the table; their descent flows into the timeline below.
| Greek Papyri | Alexandrian | Western | Latin | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Earliest Papyri c. 125–250 CE · Greek TAGNT | Vaticanus c. 325 CE · Greek TAGNT | Bezae c. 400 CE · Greek Latin | Vulgate c. 400 CE · Latin Whitaker | Peshitta c. 400–450 CE · Syriac PayneSmith | Byzantine c. 5th–9th c. · Greek TAGNT | ||||||||||||
τυφλοιP19 | Blind | τυφλοὶ | Blind | — | | | caeci | Cæci | Blind | ܤܡܝܐ | Blind | τυφλοὶ | Blind | |||||
αναβλεπουσινP19 | receive sight, | ἀναβλέπουσιν, | receive sight, | αναβλεπουσιν | | | uident | vident | receive sight, | ܚܙܝܢ | receive sight, | ἀναβλέπουσιν | receive sight, | |||||
καιP19 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
χωλοιP19 | lame | χωλοὶ | lame | — | | | et | claudi | lame | ܘܚܓܝܪܐ | lame | χωλοὶ | lame | |||||
περιπατουσιP19 | walk, | περιπατοῦσιν, | walk, | — | | | — | ambulant | walk, | ܡܗܠܟܝܢ | walk, | περιπατοῦσιν | walk, | |||||
λεP19 | lepers | λεπροὶ | lepers | λεπροι | | | leprosi | leprosi | lepers | ܘܓܪܒܐ | lepers | λεπροὶ | lepers | |||||
προιP19 | are cleansed, | καθαρίζονται, | are cleansed, | καθαριζονται | | | et | — | — | — | — | καθαρίζονται | are cleansed, | |||||
καὶP19 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | mundantur | mundantur | and | ܡܬܕܟܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
κωφοὶP19 | deaf | κωφοὶ | deaf | κωφοι | | | surdi | surdi | deaf | ܘܚܪܫܐ | deaf | κωφοὶ | deaf | |||||
ἀκούουσιν,P19 | hear, | ἀκούουσιν, | hear, | ακουουσιν | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἀκούουσιν | hear, | |||||
καὶP19 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | audiunt | audiunt | and | ܫܡܥܝܢ | and | νεκροὶ | and | |||||
νεκροὶP19 | dead | νεκροὶ | dead | νεκροι | | | mortui | mortui | dead | ܘܡܝܬܐ | dead | ἐγείρονται | dead | |||||
ἐγείρονται,P19 | are raised, | ἐγείρονται, | are raised, | εγειρονται | | | resurgunt | resurgunt | are raised, | ܩܝܡܝܢ | are raised, | καὶ | are raised, | |||||
καὶP19 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | — | — | — | — | πτωχοὶ | and | |||||
πτωχοὶP19 | poor | πτωχοὶ | poor | πτωχοι | | | pauperes | pauperes | poor | ܘܡܤܟܢܐ | poor | εὐαγγελίζονται | poor | |||||
εὐαγγελίζονται·P19 | are evangelised; | εὐαγγελίζονται· | are evangelised; | ευαγγελιζονται | | | euangelizantur | evangelizantur | are evangelised; | ܡܤܬܒܪܝܢ | are evangelised; | εὐαγγελίζονται· | are evangelised; | |||||
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| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||